HELVERING v. FLACCUS LEATHER CO.

No. 627.

313 U.S. 247 (1941)

HELVERING, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. WILLIAM FLACCUS OAK LEATHER CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 28, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Louis Monarch, with whom Solicitor General Biddle, Assistant Attorney General Clark, and Messrs. Sewall Key and Lee A. Jackson were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. John A. McCann for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the Court.

In September, 1935, respondent's plant was destroyed by fire. Later that year it received $73,132.50 from an insurance company as compensation for the loss of buildings, machinery, and equipment. The buildings, machinery, and equipment had been fully depreciated for income tax purposes prior to 1935, and no part of the insurance proceeds was used to acquire other property similar or related in service or use to...

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